Abstract:
Objective To access the clinical performance of detecting fecal SEPT-9 and miRNA-34b/c gene methylation for colorectal tumor screening in patients diagnosed with colorectal tumor.
Methods In this case-control study, the fecal SEPT-9 and miRNA-34b/c gene methylation in patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer(n = 35),colorectal adenoma(n = 47) and normal controls (n = 52) was identified by by using methylation-sensitive high-resolution melting (MS-HRM) to access the clinical performance for colorectal tumor screening.
Results The methylation rates of fecal SEPT-9 and miRNA-34b/c detection in the colorectal cancer group were 68.6% and 71.4%, 57.4% and 63.8% in the colorectal adenoma group, and 9.6% and 11.5% in normal control group, respectively. The methylation rates of SEPT-9 and miRNA-34b/c significantly differed among three groups (
2SEPT-9 = 37.185,
2miRNA-34b/c = 40.040, all P < 0.001). According to two-group comparison by using Bonferroni correction,the methylation rates did not significantly differ between the colorectal cancer and colorectal adenoma groups (both P > 0.05), which significantly differed from those in the normal control group (all P < 0.001). The methylation rates of combined detection of SEPT-9 and miRNA-34b/c were 88.6% in the colorectal cancer group, 76.6% in the colorectal adenoma group and 13.5% in normal control group. Combined decection methylation rates of SEPT-9 and miRNA-34b in colorectal cancer group and colorectal adenoma group were significantly higher compared with that of either SEPT-9 or miRNA-34b/c alone (all P < 0.05).
Conclusions Detecting fecal SEPT-9 and miRNA-34b/c gene methylation yields high clinical performance for colorectal tumor screening. Methylated SEPT-9 and miRNA-34b/c genes may be a new panel of biomarkers for colorectal tumor screening in large-scale population. The performance of combined detection of multi-gene methylation detection is better compared with that of single gene.